The Information We Collect
The
information gathered by our website
generally falls into three
categories: (1) information supplied
by visitors to the site when they
register or initiate transactions
(2) tracking information gathered as
visitors navigate through the site
(3) third-party providers, whose
sites are featured on and accessed
via our site, may gather information
as well. The information you provide
us during a visit to our website
helps us to improve the quality and
utility of our site. The more
information you share with us, the
better we can serve your needs.
Email Addresses
If you
provide us your email address, from
time to time we may send you emails
about new products and services, or
offers that we believe will interest
you. Though we hope you'll find this
information useful, if you do not
wish to receive such email, please
indicate, when you give us your
email address, that you'd prefer not
to receive such information or
offers. We will also use your email
address to answer any email you send
us, or to follow up on your visit to
our site. Such follow-ups may
include inquiries on transactions or
submissions of information that
appear incomplete. Of course, you
can always elect not to receive
future emails by replying to the
email with "unsubscribe" written in
the subject area.
Cookies
To help us tailor our site to the
needs and interests of our visitors,
we keep track of the pages visited
by our users by placing a small
entry in a text file, called a
cookie, on your hard drive. The
cookie contains an ID number that
allows us to track the pages you've
visited on our site. We aggregate
this data with data on the pages
visited by other users to track
overall visitor traffic patterns. We
use this information to improve our
site by making it more responsive to
the needs of our users. The help
function on most browsers contains
information on how to set your
browser to notify you before
accepting a cookie or to disable
cookies entirely. However, if you
don't accept cookies, you won't be
able to take advantage of various
features on our site that are
available to other visitors.
Browser Level Information
Our Web
server automatically collects your
IP address when you request pages
from our server. Your IP address is
a number that is used by computers
connected to the Internet to
identify your computer so that data
(such as the Web pages you request)
can be sent to you. Your IP address
does not tell us who you are. We
also collect information on the
operating system you're running on
your computer and the Web browser
software you're using to access our
site so we can optimize our site for
the most popular operating systems
and Web browsers. And, because we
like to know how you found our site,
we keep track of where you came
from.
Information Collected by Third
Parties
Of
course, our site includes links to
other Web sites, and provides access
to products and services offered by
third parties, whose privacy
policies we don't control. When you
access another Web site or purchase
products or services or conduct
other transactions through our Web
site, use of any information you
provide is governed by the privacy
policy of the operator of the site
you're visiting or the provider of
such products or services. The
provider's privacy practices may
differ from ours. If you can't find
the privacy policy of any of our
provider partners via a link either
from the site's home page or from
the pages on which the products or
services are offered, you should
contact the provider directly for
more information.
Security
The
information we collect from our
visitors is stored in databases we
control. Physical access to the
servers on which we store visitor
information is restricted. However,
as effective as modern security
practices are, no physical or
electronic security system is
impenetrable. We cannot guarantee
the security of our database, nor
can we guarantee that information
you supply won't be intercepted
while being transmitted over the
Internet.
Disclosure of Information
We may
occasionally release information
about our visitors when release is
appropriate to comply with law, to
enforce our Visitor Agreement, or to
protect the rights, property or
safety of visitors to our site, our
customers, the public or our
website. As our business grows, we
may buy or sell various assets. In
the unlikely event that our website,
one of its business units, or
substantially all of its assets are
acquired by another company, the
information on our visitors would be
among the transferred assets.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is subject to
change. The Web is an evolving
medium. If we need to change our
privacy policy at some point in the
future, we'll post the new policy
promptly. If at any point we decide
to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different
from what was stated at the time it
was collected, the changes in our
policy will be posted on this page.
By using our website, you agree that
your visit to our site, and any
dispute over privacy, is governed by
the then-current version of the
Online Privacy Policy and our
Visitor Agreement.
Questions or Concerns
If you
have any questions or concerns
regarding this Online Privacy
Policy, please contact us. One of
our representatives will respond to
your inquiries or help resolve any
concern about this Online Privacy
Policy.
This Online Privacy Policy was last revised on April 30, 2009.